SHAPIRO: How common is it for a new justice to have to recuse from the number of cases that Kagan is recusing herself from?
TOTENBERG: Well, it's not common because, at least more recently, we haven't had top Justice Department officials migrating to the court. But it's happened many times in our history. Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was solicitor general, for example, recused himself from about half the cases the court heard in his first year. But that high number was largely because he remained SG until he was confirmed.
And Kagan didn't do that. She stopped being SG right after her nomination. So, this high number of recusals, I think, is front loaded. She'll probably be recused from about a third of the docket this year, and then next year her recusals will plummet to zero or something close to that.
One interesting thing, Ari, is that there are a number of cases that she's reused herself from that she really had nothing to do with. And these are cases that generally involve commercial disputes. And the Justice Department filed a notice that it was taking no position, and these are just routine evaluations. They're done by lower-level lawyers but she signed the filing, so she's taking herself out of those cases.
SHAPIRO: And when she's recused and there are eight justices on the Supreme Court, what happens then?
TOTENBERG: Well, the case goes forward, as usual. And if there's a four-to-four tie, the lower court opinion is automatically affirmed without the Supreme Court issued any opinion, then presumably the issue can come up in another case, later, where Kagan can participate.
TFA is worthless. Just a rehash, nothing new. It's so lacking in substance it has to encourage its readers to supply content by ending TFA like this:
What's your take? Can Microsoft make real news in a Windows 7 tablet presentation? Is Windows 7 likely to be a dominant force in the tablet market during 2011? Let us know in the comments.
Surely other "high-tech" companies shouLd hide puzzles in their AdS--let us Have some Daily fun Out There--it's a clever and inexpensive way tO get tech-savvy people to pay Really close attention to ads, and Garner free publicity.
The story of OVALTINE®, or should we say Ovomaltine, begins in 1904. Ovomaltine was originally developed in Switzerland as a recovery drink for skiers returning from a long, active day. (For some reason it was never poured into little kegs and hung on the necks of St. Bernards for roaming the Alps.)
As it grew from a recovery drink into a popular chocolatey beverage, Ovomaltine decided to see the world. When it went through customs, however, a printing error forever changed the name of the chocolatey treat. And the world was introduced to OVALTINE. (Our thanks go out to customs!)
Of course, if this had happened today, it would be called...
OBAMATINE
1. Since it's contrary to the CIA's mission, why was it installed in the first place? (It should have went to NSA instead.)
2. Someone in authority at CIA knew what all the messages were ahead of time, right? Otherwise they risked the possibility of one (or more) of the messages being damaging in some way.
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"SIGINT" is an appropriate name for this:
SIGINT is the signal sent to a process by its controlling terminal when a user wishes to interrupt the process.
Although I would have preferred one of these instead:
SIGKILL
SIGSTOP
SIGSTFU
Okay, I made the last one up.
I posted the explanation here: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1912002&cid=34565336
Why? Partly because she was the Solicitor General:
SHAPIRO: How common is it for a new justice to have to recuse from the number of cases that Kagan is recusing herself from?
TOTENBERG: Well, it's not common because, at least more recently, we haven't had top Justice Department officials migrating to the court. But it's happened many times in our history. Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was solicitor general, for example, recused himself from about half the cases the court heard in his first year. But that high number was largely because he remained SG until he was confirmed.
And Kagan didn't do that. She stopped being SG right after her nomination. So, this high number of recusals, I think, is front loaded. She'll probably be recused from about a third of the docket this year, and then next year her recusals will plummet to zero or something close to that.
One interesting thing, Ari, is that there are a number of cases that she's reused herself from that she really had nothing to do with. And these are cases that generally involve commercial disputes. And the Justice Department filed a notice that it was taking no position, and these are just routine evaluations. They're done by lower-level lawyers but she signed the filing, so she's taking herself out of those cases.
SHAPIRO: And when she's recused and there are eight justices on the Supreme Court, what happens then?
TOTENBERG: Well, the case goes forward, as usual. And if there's a four-to-four tie, the lower court opinion is automatically affirmed without the Supreme Court issued any opinion, then presumably the issue can come up in another case, later, where Kagan can participate.
What's your take? Can Microsoft make real news in a Windows 7 tablet presentation? Is Windows 7 likely to be a dominant force in the tablet market during 2011? Let us know in the comments.
What a douche.
Thank goodness for Adblock Plus: Block Image!
It melted due to global warming.
That takes balls away.
And now, not just in Soviet Russia.
how can they make any money selling for $10000 what SoftLayer directly charges $50000 for?
They lose money on each unit but they make it up through volume.
Surely other "high-tech" companies shouLd hide puzzles in their AdS--let us Have some Daily fun Out There--it's a clever and inexpensive way tO get tech-savvy people to pay Really close attention to ads, and Garner free publicity.
Speaking of a lost cat: Missing Missy
The best part is the shopping cart in the lab holding a jumble of electronics.
I'm an unemployed, homeless software engineer, and those are my worldly possessions, you insensitive clod!
Owner. We didn't have a CEO; we do have a COO.
Too bad you didn't have a CSO*
*Chief Safety Officer
Or a moth in a relay.
The ultimate SEGFAULT was a sad one, the CEO of Segway dying from running his off a cliff by his home.
And dutifully posted on /.
Likely due to a SEGFAULT.
Best. Name. Ever. for this
DictatesOfTwomblyAndIqbal.com is available!
Fake post.
If I click the URL in TFS multiple times, I'm redirected to a page that requires a log-in.
Whereas the URL you provided works every time it's retried.
Since your NYT-URL-fu is strong, you're hired!
I suppose it's too much to ask for a link to page one or even a printer-friendly URL? Oh, wait, this is /.
Funny how these crooks can write ransomware but they can't count to three: 1) 2) 2)
How much carbon dioxide was produced making these 80 million virtual trees?
My account hasn't been getting any mod points lately :(
While I've gotten 15 + 15 + 5 + 5 last week alone. (First time that's happened to my account.)
Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round. The jar is round. They should call it Roundtine.
Blame US Customs:
The story of OVALTINE®, or should we say Ovomaltine, begins in 1904. Ovomaltine was originally developed in Switzerland as a recovery drink for skiers returning from a long, active day. (For some reason it was never poured into little kegs and hung on the necks of St. Bernards for roaming the Alps.)
As it grew from a recovery drink into a popular chocolatey beverage, Ovomaltine decided to see the world. When it went through customs, however, a printing error forever changed the name of the chocolatey treat. And the world was introduced to OVALTINE. (Our thanks go out to customs!)
Of course, if this had happened today, it would be called... OBAMATINE
1. Since it's contrary to the CIA's mission, why was it installed in the first place? (It should have went to NSA instead.)
2. Someone in authority at CIA knew what all the messages were ahead of time, right? Otherwise they risked the possibility of one (or more) of the messages being damaging in some way.